This funding stream supports organisations to uphold the rights of children and young people in the community. We will back projects that incorporate the voices of children and young people in planning, design and delivery - operationalising youth-led projects so that young people are authentically acknowledged and empowered.

Our goals:

• To back young people and their ideas

• To test new approaches or theories with and for young people

• To keep abreast of issues affecting young people in a timely and informed way

We will do this by:

• Identifying leaders, innovating organisations, and backing them

• Ensuring decision making is driven by the beneficiaries

• Funding that is flexible and accessible to youth led organisations

• Having a healthy appetite for calculated risk and sharing the learnings

The Foundation focuses its efforts on this funding stream on supporting organisations to meet existing and pragmatic needs of young people for employment, and for children to have safer spaces and relationships to thrive.

Our goals

• To support children and young people to be resilient and thrive

• To emphasise the importance of practical fit for purpose solutions to localised issues

• To build the capacity and capability of individuals and organisations to deliver on their mission in a timely way

We will do this by

• Working collaboratively with organisations on the front line for the long term

• Targeting both urban and rural geographies

• Flexible grants to meet organisational and workforce needs in a timely manner.

• Partnering with local partners (e.g. intermediaries, community foundations, local backbone organisations) to leverage the Foundations resources and achieve greater impact.

Working collaboratively in partnership with and through organisations who wish to break the cycle of disadvantage and tackle systemic challenges facing young people - providing a flexible and holistic approach to the Foundation’s giving.

Our goals:

• To develop ‘Good Design’ grants which support good design for social impact across the Child and Family Welfare and Youth sectors.

• To support the capability and capacity of organisations and collaborations that look to improve and disrupt systems.

• Focusing specifically on impact in the specific systems of education, youth housing and child protection and how they pertain to children and young people.

• Working with and for the most disadvantaged and marginalised children.

We will do this by:

• Providing large scale, flexible grants to meet organisational and workforce needs in a timely manner.

• Funding that supports multi-year phased projects.

• Sharing learnings and evaluation with sector and others.